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Post-Katrina New Orleans as a New Migrant Destination
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Fussell, Elizabeth |
| Copyright Year | 2009 |
| Abstract | The Latino immigrants arriving in New Orleans immediately after Katrina showed that they are often the first to respond to new labor demand for low-skill occupations. Using a convenience sample of this population collected between 5 and 7 months after Katrina, I investigated the sociodemographic and migratory characteristics of the “rapid response labor force” at a time when very little reliable population data were available. Whereas other articles in this issue expose the exploitative conditions that immigrants labored under during this time, this article focuses on how the Latino immigrant population in New Orleans differs from a national sample of immigrants and how national-origin groups within New Orleans differ from each other. I find that immigrants in New Orleans are younger, more often single, and less embedded in a social network than other immigrants. Within the New Orleans sample, I find that Central Americans have moved less often, less recently, and have more connections to established immi... |
| Starting Page | 458 |
| Ending Page | 469 |
| Page Count | 12 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1177/1086026609347191 |
| Volume Number | 22 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.riskproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2009.Fussell.PostKatrinaNewOrleansAsANewMigrantDestination.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1177/1086026609347191 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
